Schools across Guildford have welcome students through the school gates today to hand out GCSE exam results.

Pupils celebrated with family, friends and teachers on Thursday (August 21) as they found out what grades they had achieved.

St Peter's Catholic School, in Guildford, saw 89% of students achieve five or more A*-C (including English and maths) with 93% awarded five or more A*-C grades.

Fourteen students achieved A*s or As in all subjects while overall 40% of exam entries were awarded A* or A grades.

Headteacher Robert Guinea said: "These remarkable results are testament to the hard work of all the students along with the excellent support of parents and staff at St Peter's. We all work towards bringing the best out of our students and many have exceeded their own expectations this year."

Guildford's The Royal Grammar School was thrilled with its 100% pass rate and staff were pleased for the 71 students who achieved straight A*s and As with 33 gaining nine or more A*s.

Headmaster Dr Jon Cox said: Through a combination of hard work and dedication, the boys have excelled in each of their subjects and it is particularly notable that the boys have performed equally strongly in the arts, humanities and sciences."

Twins Ben and James Barnwell, and Alexander and Daniel Osborne all secured top grades with 37 A*s and four As between them.

The pass rate was 99.4% - grades A*-G - at Christ's College, in Guildford, with 70% of students gaining five or more A*-C grades and 62% gaining five or A*-C including English and maths.

Principal Canon Green said the rise in performance in the "tougher subjects" including sciences and languages would stand the students in good stead for sixth form study.

At George Abbot School, in Guildford, the overall pass rate was 99.3% with 89% achieving five or more A*-C grades. Forty-four students achieved 10 or more passes at A* or A and 35.2% of all passes were grade A* or A while 11 students gained 10 or more A*s.

Headteacher Deb Cooper said: "The staff and students at George Abbot have done it again - yet another excellent set of results, with so many students achieving the top grades in their subjects."

Guildford County School headteacher Jack Mayhew was "particularly pleased" after his students scored the second highest results in the school's history with 76% achieving five or more A*-C grades, including maths and English, and a third of results at A* or A level.

He added: "A special mention goes to Lucy Proudman and Ben Stephenson who got 10 A*s and one A each. They were thoroughly deserved."

Tormead School in Guildford was pleased after students gained A*-B grades in 94% of exams with 60% of Year 11s scoring eight or more A*s and As.

Headmistress Christina Foord said: "I would like to congratulate all of our girls on their superb GCSE results. Such results are the culmination of hard-work, skilled teaching, active learning and a determination to succeed."